Echo (comic book)
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| Echo | |
 Cover to Echo #1 |
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| Publication information | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Abstract Studios |
| Schedule | monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | March 2008 - ongoing |
| Number of issues | 12 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Terry Moore |
| Artist(s) | Terry Moore |
Echo is an American comic book independently-published by Terry Moore under his Abstract Studio imprint. The first issue was released on March 5, 2008 with silver foil accents not to be included on future printings.
Echo's story revolves around Julie, a young photographer who inadvertently discovers a hi-tech Battle suit. Moore has said the premise of Echo is a woman living in today's America who is dealing with a sudden unbelievable change to her daily life. [1]
Issues 1-5 open with a different quote from Albert Einstein.
Issues 6-10 open with a different quote from J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Issue 11 opens with The Biwabik Sum by Ed Oberg and Jay A. Johnson.
Issue 12 opens with a quote from Stephen Hawking.
Contents |
[edit] Story
While taking photographs in the desert, Julie Martin witnesses the explosion of a battle suit and its pilot, the end result of a live munitions exercise. The suit, now reduced to small pellets, rains down on Julie and her pick-up truck. The pellets are heavy, landing with significant force and adhere to both Julie and her truck. Julie returns home, still covered in pellets, and listens to a voice mail from her husband who is insisting she sign divorce papers. Julie attempts to remove the pellets that have stuck to her using a rag, only to have the pellets spread and bond to a portion of her body.[2]
Julie decides to seek medical attention to have the metallic substance removed from her body. When Julie opens the door to her truck more of the pellets bond to her skin. Julie's shoulders and chest are almost completely covered by the metallic substance at this point, and the substance now bears an unknown symbol. When a doctor touches the substance it reacts by removing his fingernail, whereas Julie feels no more than a tingling and some slight warmth. The doctor believes the situation to be a horrible prank, and refuses to treat Julie. Meanwhile, the developers of the battle suit have confirmed Julie's presence at the scene of the explosion and dispatch a young woman known as Ivy (despite objections from the military) to locate Julie.[3]
[edit] Characters
- Julie Martin - Julie is a young photographer living near the desert where she witnesses the destruction of the Beta Suit. She is dealing with several hardships, ranging from delaying her own divorce to being unable to feed her dog.
- Rick - Julie's estranged husband.
- Ivy Raven - NSB agent sent to find Julie Martin. Ivy has a young daughter.
- Randy - Agent on assignment with Agent Ivy Raven.
- Pam - Julie's sister. Pam was in an accident and as a result she's spent the last two years in Mont Genoit, the private psychiatric hospital.
- Dillon Murphy - Served in the Army for 6 years. Annie's boyfriend.
- Dr. Annie Trotter - Scientist at the Heitzer Nuclear Institute and a test pilot who died field testing the Phi Project suit.
- Professor Foster - In charge of Phi Project.
- Bronson - Professor Foster's assistant.
- Jack Cooper - Professor Foster's assistant.
- Dan Backer - Bartender. Served in the Air Force for 24 years.
- Simon Zimmerman - Conspiracy theorist and computer hacker from Portland. Simon made the moonlakeconspiracy.com website. He was murdered in Talupa.
- Max - Julie's dog.
[edit] Collections
- Echo: Moon Lake Volume 1 - collects issues # 1-5 of the series, plus bonus pages include development sketches and design notes was released in August 2008. (ISBN 1892597403)
- Echo: Atomic Dreams Volume 2 - collects issues #6-10 of the series and was released in June 2009. (ISBN 1892597411)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- RevolutionSF interview about Echo
- www.moonlakeconspiracy.com - Simon Zimmerman's website Dillon Murphy is visiting in issue 3 (easter egg)
- www.echocomic.org - The ECHO discussion board - in association with the Strangers in Paradise discussion board - www.strangersinparadise.org
